Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

uthern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Call loose. Scot Clifton came out of retirement at Ascot. Years ago Clifton used to win on Honda Els in ores for DG. The question was , ca n he regain his speed? In the first rnoto of l25cc Intermediate racing, Cl ifton got the jump on the pack and carried the lead all of the way to the first wave of the checkered flag. Delgado was in second; ahead of Bill Lunney and last week s winner Sco tt Graham. There wa s little doubt that Clifton had regained his spee~. but i~ was still going to take a whi le for ~Im to smooth th in gs out. He ~s gOing f!?r it in the fin al moto but shd o ut. ThIS h urt h is pace badl y. a nd he took a sixth. Delga do went on to Win the mo to over G raham and Lunney. A 2-1 tally earned Delgado the victory over Gra ha m , Lunney and Clifton. Gary Den ton is a past, two-time CMC Night Na tio nals champ. but during the last couple of years he has Jeen concentrating on daytime races. Both Den ton and Todd Peterson were on th e line, and th e race was su re to be good. Denton converte d hi s style to n ighttime racing very easily a nd slid hi s Suzu ki arou nd the smooth track. H e won bo th mo tos, Peterson t""k second overall a nd ha d to work up to second in bo th motos. Results 60 JR : 1. Shawn B.t.s (y. m). BOJR ON 1: 1. Robert M.kimoto (y.m); 2. K.ith McM illen (Hus l; 3. Canon Squ ires (Yam ). BO JR DIV 2: 1. Rob Sassen (Ha n); 2. Lan ny . Guy.n (Y.m): 3 . M.rk Ranis (y. m). BO INT: 1. Arth ur Huff.r IK. w); 2. Thayne ZIIO (Y. m); 3. Tony Flem ing (Y. m). 100 JR : 1. T.rry Wi ll iams (Han) . 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Kenny Done lson (Kew ); 2. D.nny Tinsman (Han); 3 . M ike Caruana (Yam). 12 5 JR DIV 2 : 1. John Bush (Y.m); 2. M ik. Hughes (Suz); 3 . Mik. Claxton (Suz). 12 51NT: 1. Br uce D.lgado (Suz); 2. Scon Gr. h. m (y.m): 3. Bill Lunney (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. G.ry Denton (Suz); 2. Todd Pet erson (Y.ml; 3. Cr.ig W . sterg••rd (Suz). 250JR DIV 1: 1. St. ve Denmson(Y.m): 2. Sh.wn Tr.cy (Han); 3. Don C.lhoun (V.m ). . . 250 JR DIV 2: 1. K.i Norton (K.w): 2. Mlck K"ck (KTM): 3. Phil Willi.ms (Han). . 250 INT: 1. R. ndy Rodriguez (M.,); 2. Perry Scon (Han) ' 3. Denny Vorn dr.n (Han). 256 PRO QUA LIFIER 1: 1. M icky Dymond (M.i); 2. Ron Turner (Han); 3. Cr. lg Cable (Y.m). 250 PRO QUAUFIER 2: 1. M ike Tr ipes (Hus); 2. Todd Peterson (Y. m); 3 . G.ry Jones (K. w l. 250 PRO CONSOL: 1. Doug Nicol (Han ); 2. Woody C. rlson (y.m); 3 . D.n W .sterg••rd (Suzl.250 PRO FINA L: 1. Ron Tur ner (Ha n); 2. Todd Pet.rson (Y.m ); 3. G.ry Dento n (Suz). 5OOJR : 1. Bill Me l.nson (y .m); 2. V. ndell Bisho p (Han): 3. Seen Reel (Su z). 500 INT: 1. St ev. n V.n Z. m (M.i): 2. Cr. ig Hof · meister (Honl ; 3 . Jeff Conlin (Hus). 500 PRO: 1. M ike Tripes (Hus): 2. Ron Turner (Han): 3. Bill Jewell (M.i). V ETJ R: 1. Ken Sh.pp (V.m): 2. H.nk S.n Miguel (M.i): 3 . Mike M cM ill en (M.i). VET INT: 1. Dickie M cM ill en (Hus). VET MASTER: 1. R.ndy Rodriguez (M .i); 2. C.rl G. zafy (Han); 3 . Bob Ono w (M.i). . . . OT JR : 1. John Leisner ISuz); 2. W,lh.m McKinley (Han); 3. Don Voung (M .i). Shultz, Shoemaker, Brown fake 1000 rider Dunesfown GP By Terry Rezek . VALENOA, CA, MAY 16 The runni ng of the fifth annual C al iforn ia R a c in g Cl u b ' s Dunestown Grand P rix attracted close to 1000riders and a new sponsor..T he " King of Beers," Bu~ weiser chose this race to add their spons~rship to the CR C race s~ries along with Ceet Products, IR C tires, Kal-Gard, Nippondenso spark plu~s, the SoCaI Yamaha Dealers ASSOCIation and Extrude-Hone. Counting cash and con tingencies, there was $46,000 on the line. Right out of th e gate for th e combined Pro cla ss desert sta r Tom Kelly's Husky surged to a n early lead. Pete Snorteland was right on Kelly's back coming off the river ramp jump. The two of them were already ahead of Eri c MacCracken, Craig Col e and Bob Schulz. By this time, th e 250s were already mixing it up with th e slower 500s, and the first few rid ers wer e Kenny Zahrt, Jimmy Weinert and Brad McLeod. It was easier to know when th e swarm of l 25s arrived. Mike Brown had buzzed his L OP H onda right to the lead and threw that lightweight across th e river like a silver dollar - after inflation. The mass of riders trying to decide between the bridge, the water or the ra mp were slowed. A costly mistake. Joh nny o 'Mara came around in fourth , and he had no problem deci ding to take the ramp and second place in one short flight. Kelly was leading by 15 seconds by the middle of the next lap, and Snorteland was having some problems. Schu lz was still in fifth a t the turn to the river crossing, but he decided to use O'Mara 's maneuver. He did sho w that his big-bore, Simi Cycle Yamaha co uld fly just as Car as a 125, ~nd he moved right up to second, cu tu ngoff severa l riders wh o had elected to take the bridge ro ute . Schu lz sta rted closing on Kelly. With in two lap s, th ey came over that j ump elbow to brisket at max throttle, flew a nd landed together. Fro m then o n , it was Schulz's race, a nd he was abl e to ad d several seconds per lap to tak e th e day 's big win . Kell y went o n to ge t second money. The 250cc mi ssed earlier was Honda su p port rider Mike Shoemak er, who was so far up in the Open bike ra nks tha t he eventua lly fin ish ed third over a ll. The battle between Weinert , McLeod and Zahrt resolved in Zahrt's favor. In th e l25s , Brown had bu ilt a n unassailable lead, and even the high flying Johnny 0 ' couldn't catch him. O'Mara had his American Honda maxed out and was doing spectacular sky shots over the stadium j um ps on th e Intern a tiona l co urse. He was do ing double jumps wh ere mere mortals coul d only manage singles. He was closing o n Bro wn by many seco nds per lap , bu t the minutes ran ou t, and he had to settle for seco nd to Brown 's first . Results 60 NOV: 1. Se. n BI. nch .rd (y. m); 2. Joel Tokar · sky (V.m); 3. Gus ..Moo..•• W in. (Y. m). 60 EX: 1. Bubb. Erickson (Y.m): 2. Steve KOl. · jarvi (Yam); 3. A lv in M att hews (Yam). BO BEG: 1. Mik. Kiedrowski (y.m); 2. Scott Sut · ton (Sul): 3. Tim Voung (V.m). BO NOV: 1. Toby Fleming (Y.m); 2. Cr.ig Whit. (Yam); 3. Jeff Mabery (Y.m). BOINT: 1. Curt Trimble (Y.m): 2. Derek Nye (Y.m); 3 . Fr.nk R. y (Y.m). BOEX: 1. Rick Hemme (Suzt. 2. Eddie Hicks (y. m); 3 Rich.rd Flem ing (V. m). . GP VET BEG: 1. D.ve Felger (Han); 2. Nick Bel tr.m (Hoo ); 3 . Robert Cooke (y.m). GP VET NOV: 1. Robert Fort ier (y.m); 2. R.ndy Hodges (Suz): 3 . Rona ld Smith (Suz). GP VET AM" 1. J im Dr.ves (Hus); 2. Robert D. h lgr en (Han) . GP VET EX; 1. Ji m Berry (Y. m); 2. Bill M ill. r (Sul). MX VET J R: 1. Bill Baxt er (Y. m); 2. A I. n Gecky (Suzt. 3 . P. ul Onda. (KTM). MX VET INT: 1. Joe Brou. sard (Suz t. 2. Ned Joy (M.i); 3. H.I Gr.dy (Hus). . M X VET EX: 1. Jim We ine rt (K.w): 2. Jim O·N••I • IM .i); 3. K.n R. tzloff (M.i). GP SR NOV : 1. D.vid Ne.1 (Y. m); 2. M . Dunca n (Suz). GP INT; 1. George Lazenby (Suzj . GP SR EX; 1. Chuc k Woody (Suz). PRO/EX 12 5: 1. M ike Brown (Han); 2. John O·M.r. (Han); 3. Steve Schm itz (Han). PRO/EX 250: 1. M ike Shoe m.ker (Han); 2. Ken ny Zehrt (Kew) ; 3. J im W ien ert (K. w) . PRO/EX OPEN: 1. Bob Schulz (Y.m ); 2. Tom K. lly IHus); 3 . Tr. cy Oswell (KTM) . 100 BEG: 1. M ik. P.nt• . 100 NOV: 1. Chu ck W hit more. 100 EX: 1. Steve V. n Ousan . 125 BEG: 1. W . rr en He.th; 2. M . n Dunl ap: 3 . Denn is Burns . 125 NOV: 1. St.ve C.rdillo; 2. 5 . 1C.rlos; 3 . Tony Mi lner. 125 AM: 1. Gordon Ward; 2 . Eugene Elzen . berg er ; 3. Marc o Folchi. 175 BEG: 1. D. rr . n Ell ion. 175 AM : 1. Du.n. Ellion. 200 NOV: 1. Don.ld Toombs. 200 A M : 1. Bob Simons. 250 BEG: 1. Ricky Diskin; 2. Jim Neubauer; 3 . Brad Halfon. 250 NOV: 1. D.n Goenli ng; 2. Rob Kenn edy; 3 . M ich ael Virchotl. 250 AM : 1. Steve Gil bert; 2. D.ve W.1ty; 3. Rob Pet ri n. OPEN BEG: 1. Br i.n Brown; 2. Rick Prott' 3. George Andrews. OPEN NOV: 1. Mik. DeStef.no; 2. Bob Bur le igh; 3 . K.r1Hol mberg. OPEN A M : 1. R. ndy Mor.le. ; 2. John Ferro; 3 . Russ Oavidso n. FOUR·S TROKE: I. M . rty Desbrow; 2. Fr. nk Bed· n.rz; 3. G. ry Coffey. Jefferson, Rhyan, Sfanlordfake CMC Sunrise wins By Bert Valenzuela ADELANTO , CA, MAY 16 At Sunrise Valley Cycle Park th ree guys - Andrew J efferson (250cc), Steve Rhyan (Open) and J eff Stanford (l25cc) picked up the buc ks in their resp~c· tive Pro divisions in today's Continental Mo te-sports Club MX. Stanford (Yam) started the day off with wire-to-wire wins in both rnotos of th e l25 cc Pro wars . In rnoto one, his closes t co mpe titors were Mark Denn in g (Suz) and Ra y T etherton (Suz). T eth erton. ra n second ~or the firs t four laps, but the n Denning excha nged pl aces with Ra y, and that:s how th ey finished , with Joe Mer rihew (Suz) fourth . Pa t Hubbs (Suz), who had beaucoup p roblems in the first moto (sixth place), shot o ut rig ht behi nd J eff in the second mo to, followed byT eth erton a nd Dennin g, who passed Ra y on th e white flag lap for th ird. V i ctorvill e Suzuki-mount ed " Da ndy " Andy J efferson made it appear to be a re-run of some of h is previous performances, as he led wire to wire in both motos of th e 250cc Pro cla ss, while lapping some of th e other lads . The real race was for second, between Mike Tripes on a Husky (23), Tim Lunde (Honda, 4·2) and another H usky ri der, Da vid Gerig (35). Gerig held second for seven laps before T ripes worked past hi m and stayed there while L unde pushed Gerig across the line. It was. a good competitive go, both from a nder and spectator's viewpoint. . The second rnoto was a replay for Andy (he was flying ), but Tripes ga ve way to Lunde (thi rd .overa~1)a~d too.k th e third spo t. behind TIm, In this one for second overall. Gerig dropped to fifth (fo urt h overall ) behind Peter Murray. Ind ian Dunes' Interna tio nal T ra ck tonight, launch ing the California Racing Club's summer season of nighttime racing. The first division of l25cc Beginners attacked the turf their first time around, and Ba rr y Katz, riding out of 'Suzu ki of Van Nuys, found himself loc ked in mortal co mbat for the lead with H onda pilot Eric Casas. These two men went at each other, wheel to wheel with ha ndlebars dashing, until Casas fina lly slipped a wheel under Katz by the end of the firs t lap. Katz contined to brea th e down Casas' jersey to moto 's end, leaving behi nd a mad das h fro m third. bravely held back by Yamaha racer Rick Jordan. When the men gathered o n the grid for their second round . Casas once more established command. Behind Casas spectacular bails were taki ng place. One racer found himself thrown 15 feet over th e hand lebars, di ving deep into a berm . R ider after rider bailed off over the stadium whoops. A rough initiation to night racing. Emergi ng out of th e chaos was Todd Wimett, who snaked into second, and Dale Hooker cinc hed th e third pl ace slot . When the chec kered flag brough t an end to all the madness, Casas wheeled down victory row with backto-hack wins, Wimett cin ched second overall , and Jordan 's smooth 3-4 ride nett ed him third pl ace gold. Absolutel y one of th e tightest 250cc Pro duels of the year went on between La rry Baker; pilo tin g a Honda for O 'Neal a n d PJ -l , a nd Yamaha mounted Randy Comman s. Throughout both motos Baker fought down to the wire to keep Commans in h is place and rack up a superb pair of wins in the process. Results 125 ON I: 1. Eric C•••• (Han ): 2. Todd Wiman (Y.m); 3. Rick Jord.n (V.m). 12 5 BEG ON II: 1. Bob Ledesm. (Suz): 2. Reymond Fi. h. r (Suz); 3. K.n G.unler (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Rich Uoyd (Suz): 2. M ik. Hu ghes (Suz); 3. Jerry Ten. (Suz). 12 5 INT: 1. Bill D.lg.do (Suz): 2. Bobby Sim ons (Y. m): 3. J im Boyd (Y. m). . 12 5 PRO: 1. J im Simons (Y.m ); 2. D.v,d Hussay (Sul): 3 . Robbie He.ly (Han). 250 BEG: 1. CIydeWilli.ms (Suz); 2.Ji m Deubm er (Suz); 3 . CI.yton H.II (V.m). 250 NOV: 1. Bruce HirOShima; 2. Dan Fitzgeral d (Suz); 3 . P. ul Wo lf. (Han) . 250 INT: 1. K.n P.rry (Suz); 2. Kevin Holmes (y.m); 3 . Rob Petrin (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Larry B.ker (Han): 2. R.ndy Commans (Yam); 3 . Er ic Sh imp (Su z). OPEN BEG: 1. Todd Buck (Mei): 2. Bri.n Brown (y.m): 3 . Rick Peen (Y.m). OPEN NOV : 1. Me l Brown (Han): 2. Tom W ill is . (Hu.): 3 . Rodger WiIIi.ms (Y.m). OPEN INT: 1. Br i. n W ••sell(Suz); 2. Lynn DennIS (M.i); 3. Mik. Boyd (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Tom Webb (Han). - VET JR : 1. R.ymond W . K.rr IM.i). VET SR; 1. AI.n V.rchick (Y.m). Results MINI JR : 1. John Riggi. (K. w): 2. Steve S.ling (Y.m); 3. J.ff Capt (V.m ). . MINI INT; 1. Nicky Pounds (Suz); 2. G"zalo Estr oda (Yem). . 125 JR : 1. rom Riley (Su z); 2. Scon Burns (K.w); 3 . Bob B••rdo n (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. M.rk Ursath (Suzt. 2. K.n Guyane (Kew); 3. Lo uis Spring er (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. J.ff Sta nf ord (Y.mt. 2. M.rk Den· ni ng (Suz); 3. Rey Tethertoo (Sul). 250 J R: 1. Kurt Fryling (Suz); 2. Doug Be.rdo n (Y.mt. 3 . Phil M iller (Hus). 2 50 INT: 1. M ike Brown (Suz): 2. Phil Uusk.n (Y.mt. 3. S.m Groce (Sul). 2 60 PRO: 1. Andy Jefferson (Sul); 2. Mike Tri pes (Hus): 3. rom Lund e (Han). OPEN NOV : 1. D.n Reder (Suzt. 2. Roger Duf ur (Y.m); 3 . Scott Sew.1I(y.m). OPEN INT: 1. Terry D.vi. (M. il; 2. Jeff Smit h (Suz). M' T ' OPEN PRO: 1. St.ve Rhy.n (Han ); 2. Ike " pes (Husl ; 3. Bill Keefe (Hus). Casas commands CRC Dunes Beginners By Lee Taylor VALENCIA. CA, MAY 14 A flock of racers with a yen for nocturnal racing descended on Erickson Minimizes CRC Dunes compo By Lee Taylor VALENCIA, CA, MAY I4 Mi ni ace Bu bba Erickson, with a Yamaha support ri de firml y tu cked under his kidney belt, lau nched the Ca lifornia Racing Cl ub 's 1982 season of nighttime Mini racing with a pair of back-toback wins for the 60cc Experts. For Erickson, this was no mea n feat , what with the likes of Alvin Matthews out of Sunshine Yamaha, representing th e Matthew Bro thers Raci ng Team. These two Mini demons p layed the slyes t cat and mouse game so far of the"year. A wh eel-ta-wheel, furious fight to th e finish throughout both motos. Erickson held firm and went 29

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